And so it begins

Three huge volcanic eruptions have occurred in the past three days in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines, and the Pentagon is releasing UFO files.

Also...

Those two things have opposite intentions.  What will the universe assume?

The US Central Command (Centcom) claims it has struck two “unladen” Iranian-flagged oil tankers it said were attempting to violate the US blockade by entering an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman.

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Centcom claimed it had “disabled both tankers after firing precision munitions into their smokestacks”. The statement added that US forces had also disabled a third Iranian-flagged vessel on Wednesday. “All three vessels are no longer transiting to Iran.”

On Thursday Iran accused the US of violating the ceasefire by targeting two ships at the strait of Hormuz and attacking civilian areas. The US insisted it struck in retaliation.

  The Guardian

They fired on "unladen" tankers? What blockade are "unladen" tankers breaking? Anyway, I thought we were supposed to be in a ceasefire.

This just gets crazier and crazier. WTF?

And Trump is just as delusional as ever...

In case you're wondering, he has settled exactly 0 wars.

The victory in Iraq???

In case you're wondering - he hasn't been reading.  He doesn't read.  But the part about him knowing nothing about it could be said about everything.

More proof science is not fixed

 

Lessons not learned

 

What comes of believing the lie

 "They're taking your jobs" has a new meaning.

"1984" was just a bit early

 

The truth will set you free

President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials.

  NBC

No, not Spain. Well, yes Spain, but more impactful...definitely more shocking...

Trump surprised Gulf allies by announcing “Project Freedom” on social media Sunday afternoon, the officials said, angering leadership in Saudi Arabia. In response, the Kingdom informed the U.S. it would not allow the U.S. military to fly aircraft from Prince Sultan Airbase southeast of Riyadh or fly through Saudi airspace to support the effort, the officials said.

A call between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman did not resolve the issue, the two U.S. officials said, forcing the president to pause Project Freedom in order to restore U.S. military access to the critical airspace.

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The source said Saudi Arabia was “very supportive of the diplomatic efforts” by Pakistan to broker a deal between Iran and the U.S. to end the war.

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A Middle Eastern diplomat said the U.S. did not coordinate Project Freedom with the Omanis until after Trump made the announcement.

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Trump had announced the operation over the weekend as a way to break Iran’s blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, and his top national security leaders spent much of Tuesday talking up the effort in public briefings at the Pentagon and White House, only to have the president suddenly halt the operation roughly 36 hours after it began.

The U.S. military had been lining up a number of additional ships in the Gulf for transit through the strait when the operation was stopped, a U.S. official said. U.S. Central Command had earlier announced that two U.S. flagged ships had made it through the strait as part of Project Freedom.

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Military aircraft were critical to protect ships during Project Freedom, essentially providing a defensive umbrella.

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Saudi Arabia and Jordan are critical for allowing aircraft to base there, Kuwait is critical for overflight, and Oman for both overflight and naval logistics.

Trump thinks he can just command the world, and the world is letting him know he's delusional.

But what did he tell us was his reason for pausing Project Freedom?

Trump said Project Freedom would be “paused for a short period of time to see whether or not” an agreement to resolve the war “can be finalized and signed.”

No mention of Saudi Arabia cockblocking him.

Nice work, Donald

 

Irony is not dead

 

Thar she blows

 

If one of these is yours, phone or write

 And give 'em hell.